MitID (DK)

​MitID is the next generation eID in Denmark, and is a replacement for NemID. 

Enable MitID in your services

To enable MitID please contact support and we will be able to assist in providing access. Nets is a MitID Broker and will help establish access and configure the service according to your need. 

General information about MitID:

Timeline

MitID was made available through the E-Ident service in October 2021. The E-Ident service are using the broker delivered by Signaturgruppen. From the beginning of October 2021, all users started to receive their MitID identity. During the migration phase from NemID to MitID, it is recommended to support both identification methods. NemID is expected to be phased out by the 1st June 2023.

Information about the end user

The information returned about the end user is listed in the table below. The content may change as the MitID development proceeds.

​Type
​OIDC ​SAML​Comments
​Authentication Assurance Level ​aalAAL
 
​One of
  • https://data.gov.dk/concept/core/nsis/Low
  • https://data.gov.dk/concept/core/nsis/Substantial
  • https://data.gov.dk/concept/core/nsis/High
​Authorised to represent

authorized-

_to_represent

Requires scope=organisation

AUTHORIZED-

_TO_REPRESENT

​The organisation number (CVR number) of the organisation the user is authorised to represent. Only available when using the Private MitID - on behalf of companies function.
​Birth date

birthdate

Requires scope=profile

​​DOBThe user's date of birth.​
​​Danish CPR number

​​dk_ssn / ssn

Requires scope=ssn

​​DK_SSN

Requires returnssn=true

​The end user's social security number (CPR number). For the OIDC protocol, this is returned in both the dk_ssn and ssn claim.
​Identity Assurance Level ​ial ​IAL
​One of
  • https://data.gov.dk/concept/core/nsis/Low
  • https://data.gov.dk/concept/core/nsis/Substantial
  • https://data.gov.dk/concept/core/nsis/High
​Type of identifyication
identity_type​​IDENTITY_TYPE
One of:
  • private
  • professional
Professional indicates Erhverv user
​Level of Assurance
​acr
​ACR
Accepts acr_values as urn:eident:acrp:level:high or urn:eident:acrp:level:substantial or urn:eident:acrp:level:low
Always returns- 
urn:eident:cert:eidas:high​
​Level of assuranceloaLOA
​One of
  • https://data.gov.dk/concept/core/nsis/Low
  • https://data.gov.dk/concept/core/nsis/Substantial
  • https://data.gov.dk/concept/core/nsis/High
​MitID amr valuesmitid_amrMITID_AMR

​Possible values for Mit​ID are:

  • password
  • code_token
  • code_reader
  • code_app
  • code_app_enchanced
  • u2f_token

Possible values for MitID Erhverv are:
  • mitid:password
  • mitid:code_token
  • mitid:code_reader
  • mitid:code_app
  • mitid:code_app_enchanced
  • mitid:u2f_token
​​MitID UUID

mitid.uuid / pid

​MITID_UUID​​Unique ID for this identity.
​Name

name

Requires scope=profile

FULLNAME​Name of user.
​NemID PID
​nemid.pid
Requires scope=nemid.pid
NEMID_PID
Requires return_nemid_pid=true
​If the user has a NemID identity, this will be the users unique NemID PID value. 
​Organisation name

​organisation-

_name

Requires scope=organisation

ORGANISATION-

_NAME

​Name of the organisation the end user is authorised to represent. Only available when using the Private MitID- on behalf of  companies function.
Organisation numberr (CVR)

organisation_number

Requires scope=organisation

ORGANISATION-

_NUMBER

​Organisation number of end user. Only available when using the Private MitID- on behalf of companies function.
​​Reference Text 
​reference_text
​REFERENCE_TEXT 
​Reference text from MitID and/or Erhverv transactions​
​Transaction text
transaction_text
Requires scope=openid
​NA
​The transaction text used for the transaction signing feature
SHA256 digets of transaction text
transaction_text_sha256
Requires scope=openid
​NA
Base64 encoded SHA256 digest of the MitID transactiontext identity provider parameter.
​Transaction text type
​transaction_text_type
Requires scope=openid
​NA
​The type of the transaction text. This may either be html or text

Retrieve SSN (CPR)

The CPR number (Danish social security number)​ can be retrieved in this way:

  • OIDC: Set the scope parameter to ssn
  • SAML: Append the returnssn=true parameter to the identification request.

When this is set, the user will be prompted for their CPR number and this will be returned in the ID Token (OIDC) and Assertion (SAML). The CPR number will be returned in the dk_ssn and ssn claim in the ID Token and as the DK_SSN attribute in the SAML assertion. ​

CPR step-up flow

The CPR step-up flow can be used to request the CPR number for already authenticated users. If the CPR number is not already known when the user has authenticated, you can start CPR step-up using the current authentication transaction. The user is then prompted to enter CPR but does not have to re-authenticate. This does not add any additional cost to the transaction.

For OpenID Connect, start CPR step-up by starting an authentication with the parameters transaction_id and scope=ssn. For SAML, set returnssn=true and transaction_id. This will reuse the previous transaction for the step-up flow.

  • For OIDC protocol, the transaction_id parameter value would be jti claim from ID token.
  • For SAML protocol, the value for transaction_id could be found at '/Response/Assertion/@AssertionID' from assertion response. For eg. value of attribute AssertionID=TI2-617b5cdc6fb84f16a6022e328d970bb7 then transaction_id value would be 617b5cdc6fb84f16a6022e328d970bb7.

It leads to an error response if the CPR step-up flow is requested after the validity of the ID token or SAML assertion. The validity of an ID token and a SAML assertion is 15 minutes.

After the user has inserted the CPR number, you need to request a new ID token or SAML assertion.

Level of assurance and authenticator assurance level

The level of assurance for a specific identification may be set using the loa_value parameter and the authenticator assurance level may be set using the aal_value parameter. Both parameters accept these values:

  • low
  • substantial (default if not set)
  • high 

If the loa_value is set, the aal_value will be ignored. If both the loa_value and the aal_value parameter is undefined in the request, the loa_value parameter will as default be set to substantial.  

The actual used values will be returned as loa and aal claims/attributes in the ID Token/SAML assertion. In addition, ial and mitid_amr claims are returned. See the table above for the possible values.

Note: The customer must validate that the returned values are as expected.

Return the user's NemID PID value

During the migration phase, it may be useful to know the MitID user's NemID PID value if the user has previously had a NemID. It is possible to request that during a MitID identification. To get the user's NemID PID value in return you need to: 

  • For OIDC, add the scope nemid.pid to the identification request. The PID value will be returned in the nemid.pid claim.
  • For SAML, add the request parameter return_nemid_pid=true to the identification request. The PID value will be returned in the NEMID_PID attribute. 

If the nemid.pid scope or return_nemid_pid parameter is set, the user will be requested to enter his/her CPR number and the ID Token/SAML assertion will include the user's NemID PID value. 

User experience

The user may be presented with a choice to log in using MitID, NemID with code card or NemID with code file as in the first picture below. When the user selects MitID he/she will be redirected to the Nets broker for MitID. For E-Ident customers using the Embedded UI option, the service will break out of iframe when the user is directed to MitID. 

Note: The E-Ident service was recently updated with a third UI option - pop-up UI. As the user is redirected to the Nets broker for MitID during the identification, pop-up UI may be an option to consider when adding MitID as an identification method. Read more about the pop-up UI.

EID selection page (optional)

The below page is optional. Users may be sent directly to MitID by using the amr_values/forcepkivendor parameter on the identification request. The parameter value must be set to mitid and/or mitid:mitid_erhverv. Read more about the parameters for OIDC and SAML. The picture below is an illustration of the page for pop-up and standalone UI modes. 

MitID selection.PNG 

MitID client pages

Step 1 - enter user ID. This page may be skipped using the presetid/login_hint parameter

DK MitID - Step 2a.PNG

Next steps - this may vary dependent on the level of assurance and user preferences. It may be password, OTP, MitID app actions etc. Here illustrated with entering password:

DK MitID - Step 3a.PNG

 

Enter CPR page

DK MitID - Step 4a.PNG

Customized UI options

The MitID client UI may be customized by using one of four UI templates. The MitID client is in the square while the customer's logo is in the dotted square. UI options_broker.PNGTemplates and customization:

  • Basic: Customers may set the background colour.
  • Split, Fluid Split and Topbar: Customers may set two different background colours, text color and supply a welcome text and an optionally CPR page text.
  • In all templates, the customer logo may be added. The logo file should be 150 x 37 pixels.

Background colours must be given as hex format (example: #ffffff).

Here is an example of a customized page based on the "Split" template:

UI split.PNG

Preset ID and Login hint

It is possible to preset the user ID and hence skip the first page in the logon flow. The presetid=<mitid.uuid> / login_hint=<mitid.uuid> parameter must be appended to the identification request and the parameter value must be set to the user's mitid.uuid. If that is set, the user will be directed right to the next page.  A general description of the presetid and login_hint parameter is found here. 
The presetid/login_hint parameters are not applicable for MitID Erhverv.


Reference text

The user may be shown a reference text throughout the identification. To add a reference text, append the reference_text parameter to the identification request. The reference text will be displayed to user in either the MitID app or, in case MitID app is not used, in the MitID client.

The reference text may be up to 130 characters. A short description of the parameter can be found here:

Transaction text signing

The transaction text signing feature from the Nets eID broker is offered during a MitID identification. During the identification, the user will be presented with the signing text. The text can either be in HTML or text format. 

Prerequisite for using the feature: 

To use the functionality, two parameters must be appended to the identification request: 

    • transactiontext - max length 600 char
    • transactiontext_type - html or text

Allowed HTML tags:

    • html, body, head, style, title, div, p, ul, li, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, table, font, tr, th, td, i, u, b, center, a, q, small

Disallowed:

    • CSS expressions and embedded script links for style tag.
    • CSS expression attributes. 
    • Any on- attributes, such as onload, onclick etc. 
    • Script link attributes, such as src, dynsrc, lowsrc, javascript: etc.

The ID token will include these new claims:

    • transaction_text
    • transaction_text_sha256
    • transaction_text_type

The ID token information is also available at the discovery endpoint. 


HTML signing

Transactiontextsigninghtml.PNG

Note: The transaction text signing is not the same as the reference text functionality described above or the MitID signing functions through E-Signing.

MitID logo and design

MitID design requirements and logos can be downloaded from the Nets eID broker here

Private MitID - on behalf of​ companies​

​A user may choose to use his or hers private MitID when acting on behalf of a company. This feature is also available when using E-Ident. During the logon flow, the user will select the company he or she will represent and this information is sent to the customer.

User flow​​​​ and implementation

  1. The customer sends an identification request to E-Ident.
    1. If OIDC, the organisation scope must be appended to the request
    2. If SAML, the returnorg=true parameter must be appended to the request.
  2. The user logs in with his/her MitID. 
  3. After the MitID login, the user will be prompted for his/her CPR number. This is used to retrieve information about companies the user are authorised to represent on his/her own
    1. In the background, a lookup to Virk.dk is performed using the CPR number. 
  4. ​The user is presented with a list of companies he/she is authorised to represent. 
  5. He/she selects the company he/she will represent in this session. 
  6. Information about the selected company is returned in the IDToken (OIDC) or Assertion (SAML) as the following values:
    1. IDToken  values:
      1. authorized_to_represent: CVR number
      2. organisation_name: Name of organisation
      3. organisation_number: CVR number
    2. Assertion attributes:
      1. AUTHORIZED_TO_REPRESENT: CVR number
      2. ORGANISATION_NAME: Name of organistation
      3. ORGANISATION_NUMBER: CVR number​
         

​User interface

After the regular MitID login the user will be presented with a list of companies the user is authorised to represent, and the user selects the one to use in this session:

Private MitID on behalf of companies.PNG   

We have registered these general test users that can be used for testing:  

  • User name: mitid1,   CPR0308451234,   CVRs: 33654545, 44391414
  • User name: Trille266,   CPR: 1303103238,   CVRs: 45391514, 33224545, 11658945, 37966533

For other users, please contact support.

MitID Erhverv for companies

MitID Erhverv makes it easier for companies to administer user rights, and it is more flexible when business and associations log in to digital self-service solutions, for instance to check their Digital Post, report VAT, etc. 
MitiD Erhverv is the replacement for NemID Erhverv.

Additional information for MitID Erhverv users

​Type
​OIDC​SAML​Comments
Age

nemlogin.age

NEMLOGIN.AGEAge of Erhverv user
Unique ID

nemlogin.cpr_uuid

NEMLOGIN.CPR_UUIDUnique ID for Erhverv user
Company CVR

nemlogin.cvr

NEMLOGIN.CVRCompany CVR for Erhverv user
Date of birth

nemlogin.date_of_birth

NEMLOGIN.DATE_OF_BIRTHDate of birth for Erhverv user
Email address

nemlogin.email

NEMLOGIN.EMAIL Email address for Erhverv user (may be empty)
Family name

nemlogin.family_name

NEMLOGIN.FAMILY_NAMEFamily name for Erhverv user
Given name

nemlogin.given_name

NEMLOGIN.GIVEN_NAMEGiven name for Erhverv user
​Identity Assurance Level ​nemlogin.ial ​NEMLOGIN.IAL
​One of
  • https://data.gov.dk/concept/core/nsis/Low
  • https://data.gov.dk/concept/core/nsis/Substantial
  • https://data.gov.dk/concept/core/nsis/High
Name

nemlogin.name

NEMLOGIN.NAME​Name of user.
​Role ID
nemlogin.nemid.rid
NEMLOGIN.NEMID.RID
​Employee RID from NemID migration (or assigned)
Company name

nemlogin.org_name

NEMLOGIN.ORG_NAME
Company P number

nemlogin.p_number

NEMLOGIN.P_NUMBER (may be empty)
Professional Unique ID

nemlogin.persistent
_professional_id

NEMLOGIN.PERSISTENT
_PROFESSIONAL_ID
Global UUID/ID from EIA
​Company SE number
nemlogin.se_number
NEMLOGIN.SE_NUMBER
​Company SE number for Erhverv user (may be empty)